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Bath & North East Somerset Local Plan
Revised Deposit 2003
Chapter D2. Strategic Transport Corridors
D2.1 In addition to the local transport corridors referred to in the JRSP
Bath & North East Somerset is crossed by two strategic transport corridors
of regional, national and European significance.
The
London
to
South Wales
and the South-West corridor is identified in the Government's 10 year Transport
Plan (2000) and the Regional Transport Strategy.
It is the subject of a current Government multi-modal study,
which recommended, inter alia, improvements to increase the capacity of the main
London-Bristol railway and that a further study be undertaken of the Greater
Bristol
area.
This has been agreed by the Government and it is proposed that it will
examine the A4 and A37 corridors from Bath and North East Somerset to Bristol.
The most relevant outcome from this is likely to be recommended
improvements to the
London
-
Bristol
railway which are mentioned in the railway section of this chapter.
D2.2 The A36 and A46 which pass through
Bath
are major elements of the South Wales/M5 to
Portsmouth
,
Southampton
and
Poole
corridor identified in the Regional Transport Strategy with the result that the
World Heritage site has to contend with an unacceptable level of through
traffic. This includes large numbers
of H.G.V.'s en route to or from the Channel ports.
Surveys have revealed that 67% of the H.G.V.'s recorded in the streets of
Bath
do not need to be in the City. The
draft Regional Planning Guidance for the South West envisages infrastructure
improvements for this corridor but since the abandonment of the 'A36 link' and
'East of Bath to Beckington' road schemes, which would have provided an eastern
bypass for
Bath
, there has been no Government strategy which addresses this problem.
The Council is therefore pressing for a comprehensive multi-modal
study of the corridor as a whole and more specifically an investigation of has
therefore welcomed the current Bristol/Bath to
South
Coast
Transport Study and especially its focus
on investingating the best way to reduce the amount of through traffic in
Bath
. This is essential if national air
quality standards are to be met, the City's built heritage safeguarded and many
of the Council's other aspirations for environmental improvement achieved.
As the A36 and A46 are to will
be de-trunked and will no longer be
the responsibility of the Highways Agency, the Council will also
press for the resources to be made available to all the Local Authorities involved and the Strategic Rail Authority to
implement any agreed recommendations. The
Council also welcomes the forthcoming Greater
Bristol
Strategic Transport Study (para D2.1)
which will examine the impact of through traffic on other settlements in the
District. In the meantime the
Council will pursue ways of limiting the impact of heavy traffic on the World
Heritage Site but its options are limited and any measures included elsewhere in
this Plan such as the
Lambridge
Park
and Ride scheme should not be regarded as a long term solution to the problem.
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POLICY T.2
The Council will participate in a multi-modal study of the South
Wales/M5 to
Portsmouth
,
Southampton
and
Poole
transport corridor and in. In
co-operation with adjoining Local Authorities, the Strategic Rail Authority, the
Highways Agency and others, the Council will seek to implement measures which
will reduce the level and impact of through traffic within the World Heritage
Site of Bath and other settlements within the District..
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Table 7 - 1991 Mode of Travel to Work for Selected
Towns and cities
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Pop'n 1991
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Main Mode to Work for Resident Working in Area (percentage)
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Location |
(000) |
Walk |
Cycle |
Bus |
Rail |
Car |
Home |
Other |
Total |
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Bath |
80 |
28 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
48 |
6 |
3 |
100 |
|
Cambridge |
92 |
15 |
31 |
5 |
0 |
39 |
7 |
3 |
100 |
|
Oxford |
110 |
18 |
19 |
15 |
0 |
40 |
6 |
2 |
100 |
|
York |
175 |
24 |
20 |
8 |
0 |
40 |
5 |
3 |
100 |
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Edinburgh |
448 |
16 |
2 |
33 |
0 |
43 |
4 |
2 |
100 |
|
Exeter |
98 |
20 |
4 |
13 |
0 |
56 |
4 |
3 |
100 |
|
Gloucester |
102 |
14 |
9 |
9 |
0 |
62 |
4 |
2 |
100 |
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Cheltenham |
103 |
18 |
10 |
6 |
0 |
58 |
6 |
2 |
100 |
|
Ipswich |
117 |
17 |
9 |
13 |
0 |
55 |
3 |
3 |
100 |
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Norwich |
121 |
24 |
10 |
9 |
0 |
50 |
4 |
3 |
100 |
Note the above statistics relate to residents of that town/city travelling to
work in the same town/city. Source : 1991 Census
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Table 8 - 1991 Mode of Travel to Work for Bath
(percentage)
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Walk
|
Cycle
|
Bus
|
Rail
|
Car
|
Home
|
Other
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Total
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Resident in Bath: work in Bath |
28 |
3 |
12 |
0 |
48 |
6 |
3 |
100 |
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Resident in Bath: work elsewhere |
1 |
0 |
5 |
11 |
80 |
0 |
2 |
100 |
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Resident elsewhere: work in Bath |
2 |
1 |
7 |
4 |
86 |
0 |
1 |
100 |
Source : 1991 Census
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Table 9 - Mode of Travel to Work of Resident
Employees (percentage)
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Walk
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Cycle
|
Bus/rail
|
Car
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Work at home or
mode not stated
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Households with
no car (percentage)
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B&NES
Bath & North
East
Somerset
|
16 |
2 |
11 |
62 |
9 |
27 |
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Bath |
22 |
2 |
13 |
53 |
10 |
36 |
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Keynsham |
14 |
3 |
11 |
64 |
8 |
24 |
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Norton-Radstock |
13 |
2 |
6 |
72 |
7 |
20 |
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Rural Parishes |
7 |
1 |
3 |
73 |
16 |
14 |
|
Great Britain |
12 |
3 |
16 |
61 |
8 |
33 |
Source : 1991 Census
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